Note 1435 — Chapter XVI · A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF MARRIAGE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903 (continued 2)

Sharon v. Sharon, 67 Cal. (1885), 185 ff.; 75 Cal. (1888), 1-78; 79 Cal. (1889), 633-703; 84 Cal. (1890), 424 ff. For other cases of "contract" marriages under the code of 1873, see Kelly v. Murphy, 70 Cal. (1887), 560; Kilburn v. Kilburn, 89 Cal. (1891), 46; People v. Beevers, 99 Cal. (1893), 286; Toon v. Huberty, 104 Cal. (1894), 260; People v. Lehman, 104 Cal. (1894), 631; Hinckley v. Ayres, 105 Cal. (1895), 357. From 1849 to 1873 common-law marriages were good in California: see Graham v. Bennett, 2 Cal. (1852), 503; Letters v. Cady, 10 Cal. (1858), 530; Case v. Case, 17 Cal. (1861), 598; People v. Anderson, 26 Cal. (1864), 130; estate of Charles Beverson, 47 Cal. (1874), 621; estate of McCausland, 52 Cal. (1878), 568; in re Briswalter, 72 Cal. (1887), 107; White v. White, 82 Cal. (1890), 427. The facts in the four cases last mentioned arose before 1873.